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Jungle Palm Squirrel
Funambulus tristriatus (Waterhouse, 1837)
Funambulus tristriatus is an Indian endemic squirrel species considered a pest of several common cultivated plants.
Three-striped Palm Squirrel
Funambulus palmarum (Linnaeus, 1766)
Funambulus palmarum, the palm squirrel, is a striped small squirrel with detailed documented life history traits.
Nilgiri Palm Squirrel
Funambulus sublineatus obscurus (Pelzeln & Kohl, 1886)
The Nilgiri striped squirrel is a small threatened endemic rodent of India’s Western Ghats rainforests.
Indian Giant Squirrel
Ratufa indica (Erxleben, 1777)
Ratufa indica, the Indian giant squirrel, is a large tree squirrel endemic to India.
Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel
Ratufa macroura (Pennant, 1769)
Ratufa macroura is the smallest giant squirrel of the Indian subcontinent, with distinct subspecies and known populations in southern India.
Pale Giant Squirrel
Ratufa affinis (Raffles, 1821)
The cream-coloured giant squirrel (Ratufa affinis) is a large squirrel native to parts of Southeast Asia that lives mainly in forest upper canopies.
Black Giant Squirrel
Ratufa bicolor (Sparrman, 1778)
Ratufa bicolor, the black giant squirrel, is one of the world's largest squirrels found across South and Southeast Asian forests.
Hazel Dormouse
Muscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse, is a small native European and Asia Minor mammal with declining populations.
European Garden Dormouse
Eliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Eliomys quercinus, the garden dormouse, is an omnivorous European rodent with characteristic facial markings and a tasseled tail.
Eurasian Forest Dormouse
Dryomys nitedula (Pallas, 1778)
Dryomys nitedula, the forest dormouse, is a small squirrel-like rodent with a wide Eurasian range and specific habitat and ecological traits.
European Fat Dormouse
Glis glis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Glis glis, the European edible dormouse, is the largest extant dormouse with a long history of human use as food.
Woodland Dormouse
Graphiurus murinus (Desmarest, 1822)
Graphiurus murinus, the woodland dormouse, is a small omnivorous rodent native to multiple countries across sub-Saharan Africa.
Southern Springhare
Pedetes capensis (Forster, 1778)
Pedetes capensis (springhare) is a saltatorial southern African rodent with specialised jumping and burrowing adaptations hunted traditionally for meat and skins.
Eurasian Beaver
Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758
Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758, the Eurasian beaver, is the largest native Eurasian rodent recovering from near extinction, acting as a keystone ecosystem species.
American Beaver
Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820
Castor canadensis (North American beaver) is a semiaquatic North American rodent, with key traits and history tied to the fur trade.
Attwater's Pocket Gopher
Geomys attwateri Merriam, 1895
Geomys attwateri, or Attwater's pocket gopher, is a Geomyidae rodent endemic to Texas Coastal Bend, named for naturalist Henry Philemon Attwater.
Baird's Pocket Gopher
Geomys breviceps Baird, 1855
Baird's pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) is a small-to-medium solitary rodent that lives in underground burrows in eastern Texas.
Southeastern Pocket Gopher
Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817
Geomys pinetis, the southeastern pocket gopher, is a burrowing rodent native to the southeastern United States that can be a crop pest.
Plains Pocket Gopher
Geomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800)
Geomys bursarius, the plains pocket gopher, is a fossorial North American rodent adapted to burrowing living in Great Plains grasslands and similar habitats.
Texas Pocket Gopher
Geomys personatus True, 1889
Geomys personatus (Texas pocket gopher) is a pocket gopher found in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico with specific size and color traits.
Llano Pocket Gopher
Geomys texensis Merriam, 1895
Geomys texensis, the central Texas pocket gopher, is a genetically distinct pocket gopher species native to central Texas with three geographically separated subspecies.
Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher
Cratogeomys castanops (Baird, 1852)
Cratogeomys castanops, the yellow-faced pocket gopher, is a pocket gopher species native to shortgrass prairies of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Smoky Pocket Gopher
Cratogeomys fumosus (Merriam, 1892)
Cratogeomys fumosus, the smoky pocket gopher, is a Geomyidae rodent endemic to Mexico's Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.
Merriam's pocket gopher
Cratogeomys merriami (Thomas, 1893)
Merriam's pocket gopher (Cratogeomys merriami) is a Geomyidae rodent endemic to central Mexico, not currently considered threatened.
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